Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport

The Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport is the new airport in
south of Sri Lanka near the city of Hambentota. The airport is brainchild of His
Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and is built as an unique
eco-project, is set to transform the fast changing Southern and Eastern regions
of the Sri Lanka.

Strategically located to connect to over 60 per cent of the world
within eight hours MRIA will be the first airport in Sri Lanka to have A380
flight facilities. The new state of the art airport also boasts a vast 12,000
square-meter international terminal building as well as a 1 million square foot
duty free.

Sri Lanka Travel & Culture Services with Alpha holidays is proud to
be one of the first few tour operators to offer services from MATTALA AIRPORT.

Airport transfer Services MRIA to other parts of Sri Lanak

No.

Transfer to

Distance

Per Car 3 seats

Per Van 12 seats

1

MRIA to Hambentota

43 KMs

US$ 55.00

US$ 130

2

MRIA to Yala National Park

US$ 85

US$ 145

3

MRIA to Galle

122

US$ 85

US$ 145

4

MRIA to Colombo

237

US$ 120

US$ 172

5

MRIA to Tismaharam

US$ 80

US$ 145

6

MRIA to Dikwella

US$ 85

US$ 145

7

Kalutra

243

US$ 120

US$ 172

8

Kagalle

226

US$ 165

US$ 195

9

Kurunegalla

US$ 120

US$ 172

10

Matale

269

US$ 120

US$ 172

11

Nuwara Eliya

166

US$ 165

US$ 195

12

Welawaya

120

US$ 85

US$ 145

Tours from Mattale Airport

Hambentota Half Day tour

This is a unique tour that is offered by Travel & Culture Services
only. We will pick you up from Airport ot from any hotel in Hambentota. We will
first take you to the the bus station and clocktower of Hambantota, we will
explore the area on foor and continue to the the harbor view spectacular view of
the Hambantota harbor can be witnessed here. We will later drive you along the
coast to the grand, saw-tooth hills around Kataragama you will have a beautiful
views from here We will stop at the Bantota beach to let you touch the water.

Our last stop will be Catholic Cemetery which has few colonial memorials,
including one poignant monument to the George McKerrow Clark, Irrigation
Engineer, aged 33, and Edward Russell Ayrton, Archaeological Commissioner, aged
32, who drowned on May 18,1914, in TissaTank "under circumstances tending to
shew that each gave his life in an attempt to save the other" - a touching
memento.

In case of hotel pick up now we will also take you to the Bundala National
Park which has several wetlands where you can see some of the Sri Lanka's birds
and take pictures. We will drop you back to the hotel after spending some time
at the park

Cost

From Airport US$ 92.00 Per person minimum 2 people required

From Hotel in Bantota US$ 29.00 per person 2 people required

Please contact us for group rate and booking

Excursion to Kaatargama from Hambantota

We will pick up you from the hotel in Hambantota and drive you to Kararagama
our first visit will be the Maha Dev tempale, which supposedly contains the
lance of the six-faced, 12-armed Hindu war god, Murugan (Skanda), who is seen as
identical to the Kataragama Deviyo. The Kirivehara and Sivam Kovil shrines are
dedicated to the Buddha and Ganesh (the remover of obstacles and champion of
intellectual pursuits) respectively; you will also see the interesting bodhi
tree here. We will visit the The Muslim area, close to the entrance, features a
beautiful small mosque with coloured tilework and wooden lintels, and tombs of
two holy men.

We will visit the archaeological museum which has a collection of Hindu and
Buddhist religious items, as well as huge fibre glass models of statues from
around Sri Lanka. A small museum has a display of Buddhist statues.